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Ringfort - rath

Lisconwy, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lisconwy, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lisconwy
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Lisconwy
Coordinates
54.03521, -8.47461
SMR number
SL039-103----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised oval area (int. diam. 28.3m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by three concentric earthen banks with intervening fosses. Remains of stone facing is evident on the inner face of the inner bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 1.1m; H 1.5m). The first intervening fosse measures 5.7m in width. The middle bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) is incorporated into a field boundary system along the SW arc. The second intervening fosse measures 6.1m in width. The outer bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.6m) survives along the E and S arcs. The entrance (Wth 4m) is at NE with a causeway across the fosses. The interior is uneven and slopes down to N. A NE-SW field boundary crosses the SE quadrant of the interior.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).

Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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